Treestand Question
 

I have a Parker Huntermag compound bowwith a 60# pull and 26in draw. I was wondering, ina treestand, say 20ft high, where, give or take, would i aim on a broadside shot, ive heard aim lowerbut i dont know how far. I just started shooting with a bow, i still havent gotten my bowhunting permit.

Thanks for any help.

RE: Treestand Question
 

First off welcome to the wonderful world of bow hunting I hope you have decades of fun and memories.

When shooting from a treestand there are a couple things to consider first and most important never drop your bow arm, always bend at the waist when shooting down. and think about the exit hole in other words, you want to shoot high enough to come out perfect on the other side. This should ensure a good double lung hit and a good blood trail. If you just think about the hit you would probibly get a one lung hit and bunch of trailing. A deer cn go a long way on one lung.. Good Luck Mike

RE: Treestand Question
 

Another thing to keep in mind is that you want touse the horizontal distance, and not the distance from you in the stand to the animal. Before you set up it is a good idea to range a few trees or other places where you think you will get the shot from the base of your tree, or if you forget, make sure to range to trees staight across from you while in your stand. Hope this makes sense.

RE: Treestand Question
 

I would suggest doing exactly what the first two post says, as i usually do all of what they have said, i almost always have great success and i dont end up trailing a deer forever. But dont get me wrong, trailing the deer is part of the fun of the wonderful world of bowhunting. Its a challenge.

RE: Treestand Question
 

First, welcome to bowhunting. The first bow I bought is the same one you're shooting. It's a great bow to start with.

If you've got a big backyard or an out of the way state forest, I'm a big advocate of shooting from your stand. I actuallymissed the first two deer I shot at when I started hunting about5 years ago. Iwas living in a farmhouse at the time, andafter that spent some time shooting from one of the bedroom windowsat a 3D deer target. I would say I'm pretty conservative about taking clear shots, butit still made all thedifference, as I haven't missed a deer since.I've also never had one runmore than about 100 yards.

I learned early on that when it comes to bowhunting-repetition and practice is key-scent control, entering the woods undetected, climbing with your stand, grunting, rattling, and finally taking the shot all will go much smoother and with a higher rate of success, the more time you spend preparing and practicing.

RE: Treestand Question
 

If you know that you are only going to be shooting from a treestand, the best option is to practice shooting with your hunting rig and arrows from a treestand. That way, you can sight in your bow so that you can aim at the exact spot where you want the arrow to hit. Maybe it's just me, but too much thinking hurts my aim. I always pick out trees at various spots around my stand and find out how far they are with a laser rangefinder (I do mark them at the same height as I am so as to measure horizontal distance). That way I don't have totry to figure out the distance either. When the moment of truth comes, I only have to draw, aimand fire, unencumbered bytoo many calculations going on in my head.